Amazon·Software Engineer

Amazon Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

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PunePosted Aug 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I ran into a heavy DSA gate early: I was given two DSA questions with 30 minutes each to solve.

The round moved quickly, and the moment I reached the first problem, I realized I wasn’t going to make it through that stage.

Apart from the coding themselves, I was also questioned about the time complexity of my solutions and how I’d optimize them. That made the interview feel difficult, because even if I had something working, they still wanted the reasoning and improvement path.

I didn’t get past the first round and didn’t reach an offer. The hardest part for me wasn’t just solving under time pressure—it was staying confident enough to discuss trade-offs and optimizations while the

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